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Subject: Re: Mate in 23 announced without tablebase or without proper ply depth?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 13:45:54 07/23/99

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On July 23, 1999 at 15:34:34, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:

>It will stay amazing -basically the  first step in solving chess- but Bob is
>right. Thanx for his comment
>I did understand tablebases but I forgot something :-)
>
>So basically it can think until it comes up with a tablebase situation, where it
>will read the result of that position.
>
>If there are people out there with forced mates found by programs in even more
>moves, like say 40 plus, just like a one recently posted by...uhhh...wasn't that
>Bob.... I would be delighted to receive them - say in FEN or so -whatever.
>
>
>Jeroen ;-}
>
>ps. all posters and readers: No dirty jokes eh?! :-D

The deepest I saw was in a KNNKP ending where Ferret announced a mate in 104
(I think).  Crafty later hit one of those that was a mate in 1 less, but it
hasn't broken Bruce's record yet...



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